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AP: Midday meal workers, school Aayas stage dharna for wage arrears

Kakinada, June 30 (UNI) Mid Day meal workers and School Aayas owing allegiance to CITU led union staged dharna in front of the Collectorate here today demanding payment of pending wage arrears.
They raised slogans demanding releasing of pending bills and wages to the midday meal workers and six months wage arrears to School Aayas.
Addressing the demonstrators CITU National vice president G Babyrani, district president Duvva Seshu Babji and district secretary Chandramalla Padma alleged that the officials were pressuring Midday meal workers for payment of mamuls in the name of Temple and the School Aayas in the name of school management committee.

They questioned the government over non-payment of wages for months together.

They also questioned the propriety of the government in not implementing the labour laws.

They demanded implementation of PF, ESI and minimum wages to the midday meal workers and school Aayas.
They warned of state wide agitation if the harassment and illegal removal of midday meal workers and Aayas is not stopped.

CITU working committee member Shaik Padma, Y Satyanarayana, Kalla Nageswerarao, district general secretary Chekkala Raj Kumar, Midday meal workers union secretary Karaku subbalakshmi were among those attended.
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